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• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  turns into a marathon Futurama-watching session. I'm using my IAP time to ... applied to Teach for America in October, and I received the book as a gift ... far-ish away, I went to high school in a low-income area of Fort

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  Palahniuk is a minimalist writer, which means not a single word in his books ... 's written so well—the idea is to let the readers fill in the feelings of the ... in person. He even put me in a chokehold, Fight Club-style! That one

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  now I use one in bed, one for out-and-about, and gave one to a friend ... hereby invite you to partake in this multi-course meal: a curated selection ... broken, all of them are too short, and I like to use my phone in bed (don

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Straight from the Dean’s mouth Time magazine readers chat with the MIT Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones.

  

  is his choice in 4 years). Would we be better off sending him to a big ... being said, there is a 'cream rising to the top' phenomenon in public ... unique culture and your daughter needs to find out what they are in order

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  president of a dorm Built a CPU in 6.004 Learned how to CAD (computer ... , i just want to live in a library for a few months and read finish ... are to me Make a real impact in the world

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  taught me how to use the kiln in the Edgerton 4-409 makerspace. When ... treading water. I had three square meals a day, friends to hang out with at lunchtime, and a goal to work towards (college), but I didn’t feel like I was

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  miss out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunities in order to do more work. So ... Florida in May to present the findings from my UROP. And I’m really excited ... vacation and professors were trying to get to a stopping point before

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Recap (Guest Entry) "a perfect introduction to MIT"

  

  . Plus I got a personalized tour of the house. :)We made it back in time to ... some parties, I went to sleep around midnight in hope of getting a good ... Providence to Boston (I'm actually from San Diego, but our plane landed in

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard ... course that you teach? A. In my undergrad course students go straight to ... from MIT, in 1986. Since 1997, she has been a member of the Brain &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  city. a whole city to explore and live in, trying to find ways to be part ... to Hell, Hadestown in a song that introduces the cast of characters ... how to portray emotions like loss and worry in a genuine way. doing this

  • by Phi A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no ... Mmm, it's a hot one today (93oF, or 38.9oC for those of you who use a ... of things to try this summer -- so Adam rigged up a foam ducting system

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  intending to be a double major in [annotation note="writing!"]Course 21W ... to say that I have grown a lot as a leader in the last semester, but I ... a few writing projects come to fruition this semester! In my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  oscilloscope used in single-cell recording, and it will be a funny noise that ... also block off certain hours in your schedule during preregistration to ... wherein you now need to find something else to do besides psets. For example

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  't necessarily need to use them. Isshak has a question: Jess, I had a question ... asymptomatic again and the cycle repeats). So I'm in the reading room. It's a ... words i.e. pogonotrophy (beardedness).) So in order to divide my short

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  SO cool. We'll have to have a reunion in England when I go back home ... (majoring in Course 2: Mechanical Engineering) Geez, we have a lot of Course 2 ... ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  yet. They do not need to be in by midnight. We are processing thousands ... 'd like to use this entry to answer some of the common deadline ... validation errors with their essays, taking more than a couple of minutes to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  Hey everybody, I'm taking a break from working on 2.004 in order to ... was in downtown Boston until 1916. MIT used to be one building and ... to find a cure for cancer. MIT's motto is "Mens et Manus," Mind and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good ... , was secretly in a plot to kill me and take over the ship! (Or at least ... Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  I did a comedy set* in front of 1000 MIT admits and everything else that happened at this year’s CPW opening ceremony

  

  spoil the jokes in case he re-uses them, so you’ll have to come and find ... . If I was still a youthful child I would also be forcibly retired to bed ... hours later and be fine. Instead, as a Young Adult who is starting to

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 29, 2026
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  secret room in the back and found a display copy for us to play with in the ... --I know a lot of undergrads often find startups to be very profitable ... native son of Portland, ME. So we also went down to a random cabin in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005